Friday, February 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 26/02/2010



Sexting 101
Microsoft launches a security update that not everyone's happy with, the Nintendo DS is about to become an e-reader, and LG wants to teach your parents about sexting.
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T-Mobile makes big gains in prepaid market
T-Mobile USA saw strong growth in the prepaid cell phone market for the fourth quarter as it continued to lose valuable contract customers.
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Palm's revenue to be 'well below' forecasts
Consumers apparently aren't exactly flocking to buy Palm's smartphones, and that's going to hit the company where it hurts.
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Pandora spurs music sales; Spotify not so much
Web radio services such as Pandora lead to a 41 percent increase in paid downloads, NPD says. On-demand music services, by contrast, lead to a 13 percent decrease.
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With legal nod, Microsoft ambushes Waledac botnet
With a restraining order in hand, Microsoft is working to take down the spambot, which has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide.
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Quicken for the Mac: Finally!
After three years, Intuit releases a (simplified) version of Quicken for the Mac. It's attractive and useful, but people with complex financial lives may run into walls with the product.
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Time for Apple to get serious about video
Apple TV is just a "hobby" says company's COO but Netflix, cable operators and now Wal-Mart appear to take digital video very seriously. Maybe Apple should look over its shoulder.
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Will Apple satisfy its environmental critics?
At the company's annual shareholder meeting, environmental advocates will once again ask for a more formal summary of the impact of the company's products.
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The Olympics run on Windows (XP)
The many Acer computers that dot the Olympic venues are running Windows, but it's the venerable Windows XP rather than one of Microsoft's newer operating systems.
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Six Labs features now standard for Gmail users
Better search, customizable label colors, YouTube previews, and other features have 'graduated' from Gmail Labs into the mainstream version of the Google's e-mail service.
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IBM leans on Hadoop for BigSheets data analysis
Big Blue's new data analysis product BigSheets has open source inside. That means you can make your own.
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Conan joins Twitter, beats Leno in hours
With just one tweet, the appearance of Conan O'Brien on the microblogging site entices hundreds of thousands of people to follow him.
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Report: Teen gets 15 years for Facebook blackmail
Wisconsin man had pleaded no contest to two felonies after using the social-networking site to blackmail male classmates into sex.
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Lotus hybrid concept one-ups Tesla Roadster, Chevy Volt
Lotus announces the Evora 414E Hybrid concept to debut at the 2010 Geneva auto show.
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TV white space networks tested
Wilmington, N.C., is one of the first cities to test wireless applications using TV white space spectrum.
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Bloom Energy unveils the Bloom Energy Server
Start-up Bloom Energy debuts its fuel cell technology, along with plans to bring it to market, starting with large businesses like Wal-Mart and Coca-Cola.
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New Opera 10.50 beta aims to surpass Chrome
The latest beta of Opera makes improvements to its much-discussed new JavaScript engine, and indicates that the Norwegian browser publisher intends on remaining competitive.
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EA CFO says next-gen consoles aren't necessary yet
Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown spoke at a conference recently where he said that the need for new game consoles just aren't there.
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High-school disciplinarian denies Webcam spying
Lynn Matsko, the assistant principal accused of informing a student that his picture was taken at home via school-issued laptop Webcam, adamantly denies authorizing use of remote-activation software.
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Shut down Webcam use, judge tells school district
A federal court orders the Lower Merion School District to shut down the technology that allowed it to remotely activate Webcams on its school-issued laptops.
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